“Courting in Church”
A young gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which was a young lady, for whom he conceived a sudden and violent passion, felt desirous of entering into courtship on the spot, but…
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Close Flybys of Two Moons in Less Than Two Days
About a month and a half after its last double flyby, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be turning another double play this week, visiting the geyser moon Enceladus and the hazy moon Titan. The alignment of the moons means…
Picture of the Day – Io Transit of Jupiter
Io is roughly the size of Earth’s moon but 2,000 times farther away. In two of the images, Io appears to be skimming Jupiter’s cloud tops, but it’s actually 310, 000 miles (500,000 kilometers) away. Io zips around…